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austringer

noun — 2 senses

austringer

noun

Etymology From Middle English ostreger, ostringer, borrowed from Old French ostruchier, austruchier.

1

Obsolete A keeper of goshawks.

  • Ye shall vnderstonde that thay be calde Ostregeris that kepe Goshawkys or Tercellis, and tho that kepe Sperhawkys and muskettys ben called Speruiteris, and keperis of all other hawkys ben callidde Faukeneris.1486, Book of Saint Albans:
2

Falconry, Hobbies, Hunting, Lifestyle A falconer who uses accipiters for hunting.

  • Just as in modern shooting you must never offer criticism to the man in command, so in hawking it was important that no outside advice should be allowed to disturb the judgment of the austringer.1958, T. H. White, chapter I, in The Once and Future King, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, book I (The Sword in the Stone):

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